Tenguna watanabei Matsumura, 1910

Song, Zhi-Shun & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2007, A new species of the Oriental planthopper genus Tenguna Matsumura, 1910 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Dictyopharidae) from Xizang, China, Zootaxa 1439, pp. 57-64 : 59-60

Tenguna watanabei Matsumura, 1910

( Figures 1 , 4–6, 10 )

Tenguna watanabei Matsumura, 1910: 105 .

Centromeria formosana Kato, 1933: 461 , synonymised by Matsumura, 1940: 15.

Description

Female, BL: 15.1–15.8 mm; HL: 2.0– 2.2 mm; HW: 1.6–1.7 mm; FWL: 12.2–12.4 mm.

Vertex ( Figs 1 , 4 ) relatively wide, with ratio of length to width between eyes about 2.4:1; median carina in basal third sharper than in remainder part of vertex, with disc between eyes convex medially. Frons ( Fig. 6 ) with median carina ridged sharply, lateral carinae approaching frontoclypeal suture. Pronotum ( Figs 1 , 4 ) with lower lateral carinae between eyes and tegulae conspicuous and visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 4 ). Fore wings as in figures 1 and 10, stigma distinct, with 3–5 cells. Hind tibia with 6 lateral black-tipped spines, spinal formula 8-(9–10)-(9–10).

Male genitalia: pygofer with posterior margin slightly produced posteriorly near apex. Aedeagus with 3 pairs of membranous lobes at phallobasal apex.

Notes: A further description and illustrations of male and female genitalia and fifth instar nymph are provided by Yang & Yeh (1994).

Type material examined

Lectotype. Ψ, Tenguna watanabei Matsumura, 1910 , designated by Liang & Suwa (1998), Taiwan, Hoppo, 8.VII; Paralectotypes. 1Ψ, Taiwan, Hoppo, 8.VIII.1906; 1Ψ, Taiwan, Shinsha, 23.VII.1906; 1Ψ, Taiwan, Koannai, 29.VII.1906 (HU).

Other material examined

China: 1Ψ, Taiwan, Yunlin, Tsaoling, 6.VII.1985 (C. T. Yang), Tenguna watanabei Matsumura , determined by C. T. Yang ( BMNH); 1Ψ, Taiwan, Hori (Puli), 750 m, 22.VIII.1947 (J. L. Gressitt) ( BPBM); 1Ψ, Sichuan, Mt. Qingcheng, 12.VIII.1957 (L. Y. Zheng) (NU); 3ΨΨ, Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Baoguosi, 550–750 m, 24–27.VII., 9.IX.1957 (F. X. Zhu); 1Ψ, Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Jiulaodong, 12.IX.1940, no collector; 1Ψ, Hubei, Hefeng, 900 m, 28.VII.1989 (N. N. Xiao); 1Ψ, Guizhou, Mt. Fanjing, 28.VII.2001 (X. C. Du) (all in IZCAS).

Distribution

Southern China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Dorsal habitus of Tenguna Matsumura, 1910. 1. Tenguna watanabei Matsumura, 1910; 2. Tenguna medogensis sp. nov., male, holotype; 3. same, female, paratype.

FIGURES 4 – 11. Tenguna watanabei Matsumura, 1910 (Figs 4 – 6, 10); Tenguna medogensis sp. nov., male, holotype (Figs 7 – 9, 11). 4, 7. head, pronotum and mesonotum (dorsal view); 5, 8. head and pronotum (lateral view); 6, 9. head (ventral view); 10, 11. left wing. Scale bars: Figs 4 – 9 = 0.5 mm, Figs 10, 11 = 1 mm.